In our pilot episode we take a look into court cases involving celebrities, and the inevitable drama and high stakes that follow. Johnny Depp lost his libel case against the Sun after it branded him a wife beater. Former Tory MP Charlie Elphicke is in prison for sexual assault while ex-Blue Peter presenter John Leslie was twice acquitted of the crime. HRH Meghan Markle is suing the Mail for violating her privacy. Julian Assange is awaiting extradition to the US for hacking into computers with Chelsea Manning. This is the story of how they were tried by the courts - and by the media.

In this episode we talk about:

Johnny Depp’s libel trial: courtnewsuk.co.uk/depp-was-wearing…alleged-assault/

Disgraced former presenter John Leslie’s sexual assault trial: courtnewsuk.co.uk/disgraced-former…-but-no-monster/

Meghan Markle suing Associates Newspapers for publishing correspondence to her father Thomas Markle: courtnewsuk.co.uk/no-evidence-for-markle-claims/

Hosted and produced: Carolina Herranz-Carr

Featuring: Charlie Jones, Sophia Dourou and Cameron Charters

Music by Setuniman freesound.org/people/setuniman/sound

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